As Orioles fans know from last year, you can have a great team that finishes with a great record and it still has rough patches. Mark laments the swerve from feeling confident after the Yankees series to the dampened hopes after the Astros sweep - though it's not like he's not used to it. Also in this episode, a look ahead to the O's next opponent, the Guardians, and a mailbag question about Anthony Santander being on a 40-home run pace and what the O's should do about it.

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